CSS Florida (cruiser)
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CSS Florida was a sloop-of-war in the service of the Confederate States Navy. She served as a commerce raider during the American Civil War before being sunk in 1864.
CSS Florida
Montage of Photographs of Officers of the CSS Florida
Illustration from Harper's Weekly in 1863 of CSS Florida (left) burning the clipper Jacob Bell (right) off the West Indies on 13 February 1863. She had captured Jacob Bell the previous day.
The pirate Florida burning the barque Golconda, off Cape Henry, July 8, 1864
John Newland Maffitt was an officer in the Confederate States Navy who was nicknamed the "Prince of Privateers" due to his success as a blockade runner and commerce raider in the U.S. Civil War.
CSS Florida (cruiser)
…the ship. While anchored off Green Cay, she was officially commissioned into the Confederate States Navy as CSS Florida on August 17, with Lieutenant John Newland Maffitt in command. During her outfitting, yellow fever raged among her crew, in five days reducing her effective force to one fireman and four deckhands. In…
Commander John Newland Maffitt, CSN in 1863
John Newland Maffitt